The Civil War

The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that pitted the Northern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four years, from 1861 to 1865, and was marked by some of the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. In this essay, you will learn the causes of the American Civil war, as well as the after effects of the war.

It has been extremely hard for historians to exactly pin-point the causes and effects of the war. The war itself had international impact, not only because of the growing international status of the United States, but also because war threatened world access to the South's cotton. Britain and France were the two main countries that had particular interest in the wars outcome, but other nations were as well effected by it. The civil war was a conflict over way of life. The Southern states depended upon the agriculture of the slaves, including cotton production . When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, his opposition of slavery was seen as a threat to the economic interests of the Southern states. The South responded by seceding from the union and founding the Confederate States of America in 1861. The first state to secede was South Carolina, on December 20, 1860. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana followed in January, 1861. Texas then also separated on February 1st. Three days later on February 4th, 1861, delegates from these states drafted a constitution for the confederacy. Jefferson Davis, was proclaimed president on February 18th. This was before Abraham Lincoln himself even became officially proclaimed President. The war began in 1861, when confederates open fired on Ft. Sumter, gaining control over the Port of Charleston. On April 15th, Lincoln then called out 75,000 volunteers determined to suppress

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In the late 18th century, the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the issue between north and south. In 1820, the Missouri Compromise banned slavery in all new western territories, which southern states saw as a threat to the institution of slavery itself. With the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln, who ran on a position of anti-slavery, the south felt that slavery was sure to be abolished, causing many southern states to secede from the union. This capped off the bloody CivilWar
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The CivilWar
Until this day people sill debate about what the main cause of the civilwar was. The civilwar was a war fought between the Northern and Southern states of the U.S. It was a battle about disagreements between the north and south states that took place all over the U.S. Many of the battles took place from the Mississippi river to the eastern shore. Probably the most gruesome battle of this war was the battle of Gettysburg. Out of the 2.4 million soldiers fighting in this war, about 620,000 were killed and many more injured. The conflict between the North and South during 1861 to 1865, was caused by Lincoln’s election and differences, and could have been avoided by having an agreement made on the issue of slavery.
A big cause of the civilwar was the differences between the North and South states. “As America began to expand, first with the lands gained from the Louisiana Purchase and later with the Mexican War, the question of whether new states admitted to the union would be slave or free” (Martin Kelly). The north was anti-slavery and wanted it to be abolished. The south on the other hand was pro-slavery and wanted slavery to expand west. “On the other hand, the northern economy was based more on industry than agriculture. “In fact, the...

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The CivilWar was unavoidable through political and territorial disputes. The main issue of the CivilWar was slavery. The CivilWar was fought between two sides over a conflict, dealing with abolishing slavery. The CivilWar left six hundred twenty five thousand casualties. Both sides wanted to absorb one another to form their idea of the correct United States. The CivilWar could have been avoided in a result of a deal that could work out for both sides.
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...HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD: 1750 – 1945
Course ID: HS1042
THE AMERICAN CIVILWAR
1861 – 1865
Ante-Bellum, Bellum & Post-Bellum
April 13th, 2012
Course Instructor: Dr. Rajesh V.
Name: Kevin Fernandes
Roll No.: HS11H023
Course: 5 yr. Integrated M. A.
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Part Two: Bellum............................................................................................................................... 11.
Part Three: Post-Bellum.................................................................................................................... 18.
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Part One:
Ante-Bellum
The North and South had always had their disagreements, but they had put the aside
and together formed a union, i.e. the United States of America. But what changed? Why
did the South decide to split from the North? What brought upon the unimaginable
horrors that nearly split America forever?
In the early 1800’s, America was growing in leaps and bounds. In the...

...THE REAL ANTAGONISTS OF THE CIVILWAR
Honors United States History I
History is always written by the winners of the war; the full story is never heard and many times forgotten. The South was perceived as the instigators and the culprits that caused the CivilWar. Contrary to the popular belief, Northerners provoked the war. As a result of individual actions, the war for state rights, and the Northerners' assumption of power over the south, the Northern states should be held accountable for provoking the CivilWar.
Many people think that all of the Northerners wanted to abolish slavery; this was not the case at first. The southern states are also believed to be the ones who wanted to retain slavery. The South didn’t even want slavery when it was first introduced. In reality the South initially prohibited slave trade in the late 1600’s, and it was not until the North pressured the South when that changed. The slave trade between Africa and the New England colonies rose and the Southern states demanded that the fundamental law under the Constitution that the government should prohibit the importing of humans from Africa. Despite their efforts, New England agreed to a compromise that the slave trade would be restricted in 1800 but with the persistency of New England gave them more time to keep slave trade legal (Wheeler).The five New England...

...The CivilWar and Its Ending of Slavery
This paper is about the civilwar and about how it ended slavery with the
emancipation proclamation
. I will also talk abou the physical loses of the war.
The South, overwhelmingly agricultural, produced cash crops such ascotton,
tobacco and sugarcane for export to the North or to Europe, but it depended on
the North for manufactures and for the financial and commercial services
essential to trade. Slaves were the largest single investment in the South, and
the fear of slave unrest ensured the loyalty of nonslaveholders to the economic
and social system.
To maintain peace between the Southern and Northern supporters in the
Democratic and Whig parties, political leaders tried to avoid the slavery
question. But with growing opposition in the North to the extension of slavery
into the new territories, evasion of the issue became increasingly difficult.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the issue by establishing
the 36° 30' parallel as the line separating free and slave territory in the
Louisiana Purchase. Conflict resumed, however, when the United States boundaries
were extended westward to the Pacific. The Compromise Measures of 1850 provided
for the admission of California as a free state and the organization of two new
territoriesUtah and New Mexicofrom the balance of the land acquired in the
Mexican War. The...